The Organised Crimes Prevention Division notified the Colombo Chief Magistrates Court yesterday (29) that no charges would be filed against Ven. Gnanasara Thera with regard to making statements that incite racial disharmony.

Friday, September 29, 2017

Sri Lanka fans had hoped their team would suck less in this series than they had against India, but not even the most optimistic would have thought Sri Lanka would fail to suck for quite this length of time. They have put together seven good hours of batting now, going to lunch at 322 for 5, having suffered only one setback in this session, and two in all the previous day. With the pitch beginning to

If Sri Lanka fails to implement the Geneva proposal regarding war crimes allegations, Sri Lanka would be reported to the United Nations Security Council in 2019, warned British MP Paul Scully at the UNHRC yesterday (28).

He charged that Sri Lanka has so far not taken measures to implement the Geneva proposal.

The policeman suspended for having sexually-abused a refugee from Myanmar while under UN care has planned a public uprising in order to remove the evidence against him, the Sri Lanka Human Rights Centre claims.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that the Uma Oya project was started on a proposal submitted in 2005 by the then Minister of Agriculture Anura Kumara Dissanayake, though his party has now decided to jump on the present government's bandwagon in blaming his government for the negative consequences of the project.

The deans of eight medical faculties are to meet today (28) at the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to explore the feasibility of transferring the ownership of the South Asia Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) to Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) based on the restructuring module

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), in a statement released today said it was ‘alarmed and concerned’ by the incident yesterday in which a mob led by monks attacked a safe house in which Rohingya refugees were being housed.

‘The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is alarmed and concerned by the incident at a refugee shelter housing

UNHCR On Attack On Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka: ‘Alarmed And Concerned By Incident’

The wife of the Tele drama actor giving evidence at the inquest held, said that her husband was having an affair with a another woman and due to an issue that had developed among the two, her husband had allegedly committed suicide.

The deceased identified as Dasun Nishan De Silva (29) a popular Tele drama actor had been a resident at 30/2 Kanthota, Nittambuwa.

The wife in her evidence stated that they were married two and half years ago, but the husband had postponed taking her to his place. In

The joint opposition sponsored ‘Pindapatha’ programme was suspended after former presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Palpita the former director general of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) had refused to accept money collected in this manner, Ven. Medagoda Abhyatissa Thera said today.

The National Child Protection Authority is investigating a complaint of harassment of 250 schoolchildren by using them to hold a three km long Saree fall of the bride during a wedding ceremony at Gannoruwa in Kandy.

Monday, September 25, 2017

In obtaining a driving license in addition to the medical fitness certificate, applicants will also soon be required to submit a mental health certificate, said the Chairman of the National Council for Road Safety (NCRS), Dr. Sisira Kodagoda.

The government is likely to reduce the prohibitive taxes on small cars and offer greater incentives for electric vehicles in the first budget to be unveiled by minister Mangala Samaraweera in November.
Minister Samaraweera has already promised a "leaner, greener" budget ahead of possible local council elections that could be held

The ICC has confirmed its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has opened an investigation in Sri Lanka, less than 48 hours after 40 top cricketers petitioned Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to launch an inquiry into corruption allegations.

President Maithripala Sirisena met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Gutterres yesterday (23), where the Secretary General expressed the willingness of the UN to provide assistance to the reconciliation program in Sri Lanka.

The Cricket Board had accused the Panadura sports club and Kalutara PCC club and players of both clubs of match fixing in order to obtain the bonus points in the first division cricket match and punishment given to both clubs and its players, has now got the Cricket Board in a loop.